Bruno Ferreira Bonfim (born 19 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays for Amazonas as a

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. His nickname Dentinho means “little tooth” in Portuguese. He began his career at

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in 2007, and won three titles with the club, the

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2009 Campeonato Paulista The 2009 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 108th season of São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Pa ...

, and the

2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, namely the second level of Brazilian football league system, was contested by 20 teams in 2008. Giants Corinthians played Série B for the first time after its poor season in Série A in 2007. Also, former Séri ...

. He stayed at the club for four years until moving to Ukraine in 2011 to play for

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, with which he won a domestic treble in 2012: the

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, and

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. He was briefly loaned out to Turkish club

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in 2013. Dentinho has been capped at the youth international levels with the Brazil under-20 team, making six appearances and scoring 1 goal. He was part of the squad that won the

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Career

Corinthians

2007

After being presented from the youth team as a promising youngster, he made his first appearance for Corinthians in the

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during the derby game against

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, and scored his first goal in a draw against

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on 7 July 2007.

2008

He was Corinthians's top scorer during the

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. He also was the team's top scorer alongside German Herrera with 14 goals during the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2008, which the club won.

2009

Dentinho led Corinthians to the league and cup title alongside new Corinthians signing

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during the

and the

. He scored in the cup semifinal on 27 May 2009 in a 1–1 draw against

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to help Corinthians pass to the final and beat Internacional. On 30 September 2009, Dentinho signed an agreement with Corinthians in order to extend his contract until December 2013. He also received a salary increase, with a release clause of over 30 million euros.

2010

Dentinho scored his first ever goal in

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for Corinthians on 10 March 2010, a strike from just outside the area to draw level in a group fixture away to Colombian club

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Shakhtar Donetsk

On 18 May 2011, Dentinho signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk. The deal between Corinthians and Shakhtar was reported to be €7.5 million. It saw Dentinho join a team with several Brazilian players already amongst their ranks, including former Corinthians teammate Willian and fellow Brazilian U20 player Douglas Costa. On 10 July, he came on as a 58th minute substitution for

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, scoring just five minutes into his debut, in a 4–0 win against

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. He managed three goals in 18 league appearances in his first season with Shakhtar. The club clinched the title for the 2011–12 Premier League season as well as the

. Dentinho was an unused substitute for the 2–0 2012 Super Cup victory over

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. He scored a goal in his first start of the 2012–13 season in a 3–0 victory over Karpaty Lviv. In May 2019, Dentinho scored his first hat-trick for Shakhtar in a 4–0 league victory against

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. On 1 December 2020, Dentinho scored in a 2–0 UEFA Champions League group stage victory against

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. On 8 November 2021, his contract with Shakhtar expired after ten years at the club.

Beşiktaş JK (loan)

On 23 January 2013, Dentinho was loaned out to

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club Besiktas until January 2014. On the last day of 2013 his loan deal expired and therefore he returned to Shakhtar.

Ceará

On 2 March 2022,

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announced the signing of Dentinho on a contract until the end of 2022.

Personal life

Dentinho married model Danielle Souza in 2012. They have three children: son Bruno Lucas (born 2012) and identical twins Sophia and Rafaella (born 2014).

Career statistics

Honours

;Corinthians *

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

;Shakhtar Donetsk *

: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

: 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

;Brazil U20 *

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References

External links

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* {{FFU 1989 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players São Paulo state football team players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Ceará Sporting Club players Amazonas Futebol Clube players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Ukrainian Premier League players Süper Lig players Men's association football forwards Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen